1. Faith and Works

3. James 2 verses
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 

4. James 2 verses
17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 18 But someone will say, ‘You have faith; I have deeds.’ Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

5. James 2 verse 26
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

6. Good deeds can not…
Fulfil you
Draw you close to God
Get you into Heaven
Win God’s love, approval, acceptance…
Compensate for sin

8. Ephesians 2 v 8-9
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God –  9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

9. When you are kind to the poor, you honour God
Proverbs 14 v 31
When you are kind to the poor, you honour God